Jenn and her brother, Hal, live with their family on the coast of Maine. One day, Jenn looks out over the water and sees a giant fin. She’s never seen a fin so big! What could be swimming in the water? Soon, Jenn learns about a giant shark that lived long ago called the megalodon. Scientists say megalodons died out. But some people think they are still alive! Is that what has been lurking near the coast? Jenn sets out to solve the mystery. Will her dangerous search be worth it? With an int...

An old school in a nearby town is supposed to be demolished. But nobody will do the work because of the boiler room. Nobody knows what happened in that boiler room, but it’s scared every worker away. Liz, Mack, and Cage meet up with a new sheriff to investigate, but this is one assignment the Fearless Three might not pass! As the adventure unfolds, striving readers practice decoding words featuring consonant trigraphs, as well as inflectional verb endings -ed and -ing. Every Spark Decodabl...

Zeedee has kickboxing. Oscar has basketball. Soren has fishing. Lewis has . . . nothing. He had the band, but everyone else is too busy for the band now. Lewis loves music, but he needs another hobby too. Will this be the end of the band?

A birthday party gig falls flat. The band sounds good, but Zeedee knows that’s not always enough. She introduces a new mood to the group’s sound. Will Lewis, Soren, and Oscar be on board with the blended beats?

Young SOLZ may have the word “young” in their band name, but their instruments are old and worn. Oscar decides it’s time to earn some money and upgrade their instruments—or at least his guitar. But his new guitar bring him guilt instead of happiness.

Zeedee and Lewis are a dynamic duo. They have played music together for years. But their music is sounding a little flat lately. It might be time to turn their duo into a full band. Will Soren and Oscar be the answer to Zeedee and Lewis’s music blues?

Each band member has a main job in the group. Lewis writes songs and sings. That’s his thing. However, Lewis has stopped writing and singing. Instead, he’s playing his new synthesizer—and now the entire band is out of sync.

People talk about the place on the lake. They say it’s haunted. The Fearless Three think that’s just town gossip. But when Liz, Mack, and Cage are asked to debunk the scary tale, they discover that the fictitious story might just be fact! As the adventure unfolds, striving readers practice decoding words featuring soft c and soft g sounds, as well as inflectional verb endings -ed and -ing. Every Spark Decodables book serves older readers who need practice with foundational literacy skills,...

A shadow hound lurks in River Valley, infecting those bitten with endless nightmares. And the shadow hound is working fast. Liz, Mack, and Cage need to capture this creature before the entire town is infected—but how do you catch a shadow? The Fearless Three put their name to the test on their most dangerous quest yet! As the adventure unfolds, striving readers practice decoding words featuring consonant clusters, as well as inflectional verb endings -ed and -ing. Every Spark Decodables bo...

Twelve-year-old Jake is busy with school. In his spare time, he loves learning about computers and robots. His dad has other interests. He enjoys hunting for cryptids. This time, he’s looking for the creepy doglike creature called chupacabra. Soon, Jake and his dad are in Texas looking for the blood-sucking beast. Jake thinks it’s a waste of time. He doesn’t believe the chupacabra is real. Then he sees a scruffy, hissing creature in the darkness. Could it really be the chupacabra? With an ...

Lewis doesn’t really read music. He plays by ear. He doesn’t write music either. This has never been a problem—until now. Now the band seems to be doing more of that without him. They even sound better without him! Lewis needs to find out if there's still a place for him in the band in this hi-lo chapter book.

Band practice gets interrupted by Lewis’s neighbor, Tash, who critiques the band’s new song. Lewis and Soren don’t appreciate her comments. But Oscar and Zeedee like Tash’s vision and think her talent would add to the band. Sometimes a key change makes a song better, so maybe a change to the band would make the band better.